South Shore, Southeastern & Metropolitan District Dental Societies present
Oral Malignancies and Mimics
Speaker: Dr. Mark Lerman
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm Registration, Dinner, Golf
7:00 - 8:40 pm Lecture/Presentation
8:40 – 10:00 pm Golf/Time for questions with Dr. Lerman
Event Overview
It is critical for clinicians to be able to appropriately distinguish benign from malignant oral diseases, but even the most frequently seen conditions in oral pathology may be diagnostically challenging for clinicians who do not encounter them regularly. This presentation will help in the identification of both common innocuous and the more clinically significant lesions, including atypical presentations that vary from classic textbook pictures.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
- Clinically distinguish common benign reactive, immune-mediated, and infectious disorders of the oral mucosa from malignant and pre-malignant lesions
- Formulate reasonable differentials based on clinical presentations and histories
- Select appropriate diagnostic techniques for arriving at definitive diagnoses
- Assess when patients are best served with referral to specialists, or when they may be managed locally with immune-suppressive medications or antimicrobial agents
Speaker Bio
Dr. Mark Lerman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at TUSDM. As a “Double-Jumbo,” he graduated from Tufts both with a B.A. in history and a D.M.D. before completing his general practice residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and his oral and maxillofacial pathology training at New York Presbyterian Queens. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (AAOMP). He is currently serving an elected term as Secretary-Treasurer of the AAOMP Executive Council and previously completed a term as commissioner with the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). He divides his time at TUSDM between teaching, clinical practice, and diagnostic histopathology at Tufts Oral Pathology Services, the school’s biopsy service.
Dr. Lerman has no financial conflict to disclose.
Questions? Contact Sarah Pilling at MDS. (508) 449-6012 or [email protected]
